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Today there's a War of the Words going on
  Today there's a War of the Words.

It's taking place all over this beautiful land of ours
 Polluting our precious air and clear-blue streams
  Muddying our forests, our meadows, our parks, 
   Trashing our buildings, our subways, our cityscapes.

Today there's a War of the Words going on
 In our workplaces -- our offices, factories, and construction sites
  In our schools -- our classrooms, corridors, and teachers lounges
   In our palaces of entertainment -- our theaters, concert halls, and sports stadiums.

Today there's a War of the Words just about everywhere you turn;
  It's almost impossible to avoid being a minor casualty if you have two ears.

Because today there's a War of the Words going on around us:
 Foul-smelling and tasting, putrid, gross, abominable, wretched,
  Horribly inexpressive, unacceptable, not-so-long-ago prohibited
   Unthinkable even, insensitive, insensible, but uncensored
                           Curse Words.

There's a War going on, my friends: A War for the Soul of this Nation:
 Let us return to civility, to civil discourse, to reasoned discussion
  To toleration of others and others' opinions or idiosyncrasies
   To a time when rage was not found on the road or the radio and
    Rants were not heard from nearly everyone on everything everywhere.

                       America:  Let us win
                 This ongoing War of the Words
                       Let us self-censor our
                             Curse Words


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                      Deadline: April 23, 2018

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